Norfolk Wills: Gorleston (Suffolk)

The Will of Thomas DAWSON
of Gorleston, Suffolk - 1835

The last Will and Testament of me Thomas Dawson of Gorleston in the County of Suffolk
Pilot whereby I do appoint Ruth my beloved wife Samuel Robinson of Great Yarmouth in Norf
the Grocer and Mark Blowers of the same Town Cabinet Maker Executors of this my will

I give and devise unto my said wife All my messuages lands tenements and hereditaments with
their appurtenances To hold the same unto her her heirs and assigns for ever

I give to the said Samuel Robinson and Mark Blowers their executors and administrators the
sum of one hundred pounds out of such part only of my personal estate as shall not consist of
chattels rent or mortgages In trust that they or the survivor of them his executors
administrators or assigns do and shall place the same out at interest in their names or name
during the life of my said wife And do and shall from time to time alter and vary the same at
their or his discretion And do and shall during the life of my said wife, pay the interest thereof
to her for her sole use And from and after her decease do and shall pay and apply the said
principal sum of One hundred pounds unto such person or persons in such parts shares and
proportions and in such way and manner as they the said Samuel Robinson and Mark Blowers
or the survivor of them his executors or administrators shall judge most proper and beneficial
for the purpose of preaching and expounding Gods Holy Word and for the performance of
other acts of Religious Worship in Ďa certainí Chapel situate at Gorleston aforesaid called or
known by the name of the Wesleyan or Methodist Chapel (......... under the trusts declared in
and by a certain Indenture of Lease and Release bearing date respectively on or about the fifth
and sixth days of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty three the Release made
between Henry Shreeve Cordwainer Rodr.... Freeman Tailor Samuel Tuck Plumber and Glazier
Samuel Larter Sawyer Jonas Bell Sawyer and me the said Thomas Dawson of the first part
Henry LeggettPilot of the second part William Brown Yeoman Charles Willis Beart Liquor
Merchant and John Orfeur Accountant of the third part Thomas Barwell Yeoman of the fourth
part me the said Thomas Dawson William Canham Pilot James Johnson Shopkeeper James
Lawn Tailor William Howes Plumber and Glazier John Nightingale Blacksmith Abraham
Bristow Cordwainer and George Whiskin Exciseman of the fifth part and Samuel Crow
Gentleman of the sixth part) so as such preaching and expounding be conformable to the
doctrines contained in certain notes upon the New Testament and the first four volumes of
sermons published by the late Reverend John Wesley deceased

All the rest and residue of my goods chattles personal estate and effects that shall remain after
payment of my debts funeral and testamentary expenses I give and bequeath unto my said wife
for her own use And I do hereby declare that my said trustees and Executors and the survivor
of them his executors and administrators shall not be answerable for involuntary losses or for
each other nor for the acts in which they shall join only for conformity And I do hereby
revoke all former wills by me made

In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Dawson have to this my last Will and Testament set my
hand and seal the fourth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty three

Thomas Dawson

Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Thomas Dawson as and for his last
Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the
presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto

Jno. F. Ramsey? R. D. Barber Robt. W. Crowther

This Will was proved at Great Yarmouth on the eleventh day of December 1835 before the
Reverend William Taylor Worship Clerk Surrogate on this behalf of the Worshipful William
Yonge Clerk A. M. Official Principal of the Episcopal Consistorial Court of Norwich lawfully
constituted & was approved &c and admin. of all and singular the goods &c of the within
named Thomas Dawson the testator deceased was on the twenty third day of the said Month
duly granted to Ruth Dawson Widow his Relict Samuel Robinson and Mark Blowers the
Executrix and Executors within named they being duly sworn &c saving &c